March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 4th, 2022
From March Madness to the start of college baseball to spring warm-ups, sports are in full bloom. This is one of several reasons to share the fact that March is National Brain Injury Awareness month as well.
National Brain Injury Awareness
At HelmetFitting.com, we believe in educating athletes and their parents about player safety, which is why we love that March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month.
It gives us the perfect opportunity to highlight at least one way of possibly lowering the risk of concussions, which happens to be a common cause of traumatic brain injuries.
To clarify, concussions can be caused by direct blows to the head. Those playing impact sports are vulnerable to concussions. But there are ways to reduce the risk of possible injury.
Like the awareness campaign, we are on a mission to teach parents, coaches and athletic personnel how to properly fit football equipment according to manufacturer guidelines; therefore, optimizing the athlete’s safety in general.
Our step-by-step eLearning and in-person seminars do more than tell parents and athletic personnel how to properly fit football equipment for youth ages 14 and younger and 15 and older.
It shows them how to use the equipment technology and guidelines the way helmet manufacturers intended. Properly-fitted equipment gives athletes the confidence to play at their fullest potentials and to enjoy the game of football.
Another way to protect impact sports players is to learn the signs of a concussion.
What are the signs?
Since March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, we’re sharing an easy way to recognize the signs of a concussion. Think HEADS.
- H – headaches, vomiting
- E – ears ringing
- A – amnesia, loss of consciousness or altered consciousness
- D – double vision or dizziness
- S – somethings not quite right
Whether you bumped your head during a fall or got tackled on the field, knowing these signs could mean the difference between mild and severe injuries.
Summary
Are you the parent of a football player? Observe #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth when you order our eLearning series. Athletic programs can contact us to request more information on our in-person seminars. For more on players safety and other news, keep reading our blogs.
